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marshall islands

Climate summit highlights the ‘leadership of islands’
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The Marshall Islands are made up of an archipelago of islands that sit not that far from the current sea level, as evidenced by this photo of the Jaluit Atoll Lagoon.
Climate Change
Documentary chronicles climate change through three children growing up in the Marshall Islands
Runit dome
Environment
Seawater is infiltrating a nuclear waste dump on a remote Pacific atoll
The Kakadu National Park uranium mining area.
Conflict
To make and maintain America’s nukes, some communities pay the price
black and white photo of man and woman in wheelchair in front of house
Conflict
An arcane law is preventing immigrants impacted by America’s nuclear testing from accessing health care
Burial grounds in Majuro.
Environment
Rising seas are washing away graves in the Marshall Islands
A gathering of Marshallese immigrants in Springdale, AR
Culture
The proud Pacific nation that preserves its homeland with the Bikini Anthem
Child looks at camera while sucking thumb
Education
In Arkansas, schools are supposed to teach in English. Here’s how one district gets around it.
This image shows Baker, the second of the two atomic bomb tests
Conflict
70 years after the first bomb was dropped on their homes, some Bikini islanders are still awaiting compensation
A big screen above a high school graduation ceremony in a stadium
Culture
Most high schoolers worry about graduation. These students are also being challenged to save their culture
Ocean waves hit perilously close to a house in Majuro. Marshall Islands.
Environment
‘I’m fighting for the survival of my country in the battle against climate change’
The US Department of Energy’s laboratory in Enewetak houses a full-body counter to detect levels of cesium ingested by individuals. It was out of service when we arrived on the atoll.
Environment
Stories from quarantine: Reporters tested for radiation in the Marshall Islands
Environment
The UN climate summit opens with a voice from an endangered nation
An abandoned house next to a small lagoon on South Tarawa in the central Pacific island nation of Kiribati in 2013. Nations like Kiribati and the Marshall Islands may disappear due to climate change.
Environment
In Pacific island nations, there’s nowhere left to run from climate change
Global Scan
In Ukraine, telling the sides apart isn’t always easy
United Nations votes to accept Palestine as nonmember observer
Environment
Climate conference promises non-binding
Arts, Culture & Media
Britain Named Most Prolific Invader
Islands at Risk
From the Islands to the Ozarks
Conflict & Justice
Geo answer
Sports
Marshall Island sprinter